Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence is a lovely little book full of wise words about why and how our bodies need to recover following illness. As you may know, I am involved with our local book festival (Portobello Book Festival) and Dr Gavin Francis has been a regular and popular contributor to the festival, … More Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence by Dr Gavin Francis #bookreview and #giveaway @ProfileBooks @ExploreWellcome

Continuing with my resolution to read more books which have been languishing on my Kindle, I came across Grace After Henry which I see I bought way back in 2018! I’m glad I finally rediscovered it as I really enjoyed it. About the Book Grace sees her boyfriend Henry everywhere. In the supermarket, on the … More Grace After Henry by Eithne Shortall #bookreview @eithneshortall @CorvusBooks #BeatTheBacklog

I thoroughly enjoyed Dreaming Under an Island Skye by Lisa Hobman. In fact it was one of my Top Reads for 2021. So I was really pleased to find that the author had written another book set in the same place on Skye, the fictional village of Glentorrin. Wishing Under a Starlit Skye is published … More Wishing Under a Starlit Skye by Lisa Hobman #bookreview @LisaJHobmanAuth @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources

First of all, I’d like to say a huge thank you to Stacey at Espresso PR for sending me a beautiful hardback copy of this book for review. The Women of Rothschild is published by John Murray and is available now in ebook, hardback and audiobook formats. The paperback version will follow in October this … More The Women of Rothschild by Natalie Livingstone #bookreview @NatLivingstone @johnmurrays

I want to start by saying a huge thank you to Freya North who asked if I would be interested in reading her forthcoming book and then arranged for the publisher to send me a beautiful review copy. As you can see from my photo, it has been the perfect book to read by the … More Little Wing by Freya North #bookreview @freya_north @welbeckpublish #LittleWingBook

Continuing with my resolution to read more books from my own to-be-read pile, I am reviewing The Last Bathing Beauty by Amy Sue Nathan today. This book was published by Lake Union in April 2020 and has been patiently waiting for me on my Kindle since I bought my copy back then. It was that … More The Last Bathing Beauty by Amy Sue Nathan #bookreview @AmySueNathan #historicalfiction #LakeUnionPublishing

One of my reading resolutions for the new year is to try to read some of the books which have been languishing on my to-be-read pile for far too long. Today, I am reviewing Graham Norton’s latest book, Home Stretch. It was first published in October 2020 though I only bought my copy in August … More Home Stretch by Graham Norton #bookreview @coronetbooks @hodderbooks

I’ve been fancying this series for a while but couldn’t quite fit any in up till now. I’m delighted that I finally could add one of the Cornish Midwife books to my reading schedule and to be able to share my review with you today. A Spring Surprise is published by Boldwood Books and you’ll … More A Spring Surprise for the Cornish Midwife by Jo Bartlett #bookreview @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources @J_B_Writer

I’m kicking off 2022 with a review of a short book I got for Christmas, Rizzio by Denise Mina. This is a good beginning to me keeping up with one of my 2022 reading resolutions – to read more from my personal tbr pile. If you missed my post about that, you can read it … More Rizzio by Denise Mina #DarklandTales #bookreview @polygonbooks

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a great time over the festive period whatever you were able to do to celebrate. This year, as well as the usual good intentions to eat more healthily and do more exercise, I decided to make a few reading resolutions. I’m much more likely to stick … More My Reading Resolutions for 2022